Charles bartleet james



' am-m1 tant' @anni A CHARLES BARTLEET JAMES, OF REDDITCH, ENGLAND.

Loom .Patent No. 85,757, zmd Febmwy 9, 186e.

DIEPRQVEMIENT IN NEEDLE-PERS.

Tha Schedule referred to fn these Letters Patent and making'pazt of theum and use, whereby it is designed, by the employment of '.in outer caseand an interior packet, arranged 'in a pecnliar'manne, to facilitate theremoval of the packet when access to the needles is desired, as will hemore v fully described on reference to the accompanying drawings,wherein- Figure 1 represents a perspective -view of the outer casing; i

Figure 2, a plan or face view of the inner packet; l

Figure' 3, a perspective view of both, in a position ready for closingthe outer casing;

Figure 4, a view of the positions assumed by both parts when beingopened, showing the packet thrust partly out of the casing; and

Figure 5 represents the closed view of the same.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

I form an outer case, wrapper, or sheath, combined, as at a', fig. 1,made of paper, silk, leather, or other suitable material, having itsupper part, al, formed as a tongue-piece, and its lower part, a2, formedintoa sheath, as shown, to receive a packet, or tube, or case ofneedles, which maybe made of paper, silk, metal, glass, orother suitablematerial, such, for instance, as ii 2.

gb is length of ribbon or paper, secured at its one end to the innerside of the middle portion of the case,

or wrapper a, its other end passing into the sheath aq andibeingfastened to the side, c, of the'shea'th a.

By this arrangement, upon the insertion"'of the needle-packet, or case,iig. 2, into the sheath a, the lowe'r end of the same willupondescending into-its place, press down iipon and take with it the stripb, such action gradually closing and bringing together the parts of theouter case, or wrapper a, iig'. 3, sho'wing the parts so partiallyclosed.

Upon the opening out of the sides of the outercase, or wrapper a, andconsequent pulling ont of the strip b from the sheath, it follows thatthe contraction, at such part, of the strip b, will cause it to propelor force upward the packet ot' needles partly out of the sheath a.

The parts so extended will be seen at tig. 4.

The closing and adjustment of the parts will present a needle-case, orwrapper, similar to fig. 5.

, Although I have specified and shown my improvements as applied for awrapper containing a single packet of' needles, I' propose, also, makingsynoptical needle-cases, and such as hold more than a single packet, ina similar manner, each packet, or case, being arranged with a strip,such as 11, and with a similar action when the case is opened or closed.

I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, (withoutconfining myself to the pre 'se details desc)ribed, or outlines of theparts shown in athe drawlngs A needle-wrapper, consisting of the parts aand a, connected togetherby the ribbon b, in such a manner that the actof opening them shall expel the needlecase from the sheath,substantially as herein shown and described.

The above speciication of my invention signed by lne, this 22d day ofOctober, 1868.

CHARLES BARTLEET JAMES.

Witnesses:

EDwARDJoHv PAYNE, WM. TADMAN FoULKns.

